Craftsmen in the birth place of Jesus Christ are struggling to survive amid increasing imports from China but now many are preparing to fight back.

Television's Rev Kate Bottley has revealed her roles as a vicar and mum means she usually has to "drag" herself along to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, and she usually goes wearing pyjamas under her robes.

A group of students who campaigned for the removal of a portrait of former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has been accused of being a "gaystapo" out to tarnish his name.

Hundreds of people have attended a church memorial service by the scene of a Christmas market lorry attack in Berlin which left twelve people dead.

A pro-life group has responded with outrage after the actress Lena Dunham declared she never had an abortion but wishes she had.

The Church of England has a problem regarding the proportion of senior church leaders who come from among its black and other ethnic minority clergy, the Church has admitted.

A senior Metropolitan Police officer has written the story of the birth of Christ through the eyes of a constable.

Church leaders in Berlin have responded to the terror attack at a Christmas market by warning against blaming refugees.

Dr Woyin Karowei Dorgu has been named the Bishop of Woolwich in London.

A total of 490,063 hours were provided by volunteers at church and community night shelters last year, a report has found.

A ten-year-old girl has died following the injuries she received during the church bombing at the Cairo Coptic Cathedral on 11 December.

The gang who abducted a Catholic priest in Delta state in Nigeria have demanded a £51,000 ransom.

A Nigerian Muslim woman has given more than 50 Christian widows the gift of food this Christmas.

An environmental campaign has been launched by the Anglican Church in Burundi that seeks to plant 10 million trees by 2021.